Handwritten text for speech later given to the Texas Daily Newspaper Association in
Handwritten draft of speech “Who speaks for the Negro?”
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Civil Rights
Typed draft of speech “Where do we go from here”
Typed draft of speech with handwritten corrections.
Handwritten draft of speech “In defense of rights”
Handwritten draft for speech
Equal Rights for Women
Extension of the Voting Rights Act (H.R. 3343)
Testimony of Representative Barbara Jordan Before the Subcommittee of Constitutional Rights Senate Committee on the Judiciary
Extension of the time limit for ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment (H.J. Res. 638)
Testimony of Representative Jordan Before the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
Summary of Voting Rights Act 10 years after
Memo from Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) re: CBC position on Voting Rights Act w/attached note from Parren Mitchell
Memo from the Congressional Black Caucus regarding the Voting Rights Act amendments and extension
Support the Voting Rights Act
Press Release. George Walter Crockett's remarks in support of the Voting Rights Act.
Rep. John Conyers Jr. (D-MI) and Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY)
Eight African Americans serving in Congress said that Judge Clement F. Haynsworth's record on civil rights demonstrated his "infidelity to the principles of racial equality which are contained in the Constitution." Rep. John Conyers Jr., Democrat - Michigan (L) and...
African American House Members in Meeting
African American House members told President Nixon that minority groups have suffered "irreparable harm" under his Administration. The 12 African American House Representatives, plus a newly elected African American nonvoting House delegate from the District of...